Wikipedia:Meetup/FilmFreedomAndFeminism

Join us for the Film, Freedom, and Feminism edit-a-thon, being held on April 25, 2014 as part of the Mid-Atlantic Records and Archives Conference (MARAC) Spring 2014.

Event Information
Although this edit-a-thon is happening as part of a conference, all are welcome to join us virtually! Add your username below under Attendees Joining Virtually, and jump in there with your edits!


 * Date: Friday, April 25, 2014
 * Time: Participants are encouraged to edit as part of the edit-a-thon all day. Meetup from 4:00-5:30 pm for a crash course in Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing.
 * Location: Hyatt Regency Rochester, Rochester, New York.
 * Session: Session #11 of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
 * Spread the word: Tweet with #marac, #s11, #Film, #Freedom, #Feminism, @Edit-a-thon

Please bring a laptop with you!

Attendees
Add your Wikipedia username in the appropriate section below. If you're already signed into your Wikipedia account, the easiest way to do this is to hit "edit," type in an asterisk (*), and then four tildes (~).

Confirmed
 * Lange.lea (talk) 17:13, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Newark kantz (talk) 21:07, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Joining virtually Tentative
 * CR203 88 (talk) 14:15, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Djembayz (talk) 23:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Regrets

Suggested Articles to Edit
The following suggestions are based on the themes of MARAC Spring 2014: Film, Freedom, and Feminism. The articles suggested for creation are based on the MARAC program and include notable individuals and a film that will be covered in other sessions that do not yet have Wikipedia pages. The articles to improve are related to the conference themes in general, notable figures from Rochester who relate to the conference themes, and individuals covered in other sessions that have pages in need of improvement. Other editors are encouraged to add to this list according to the themes of the edit-a-thon: Film, Freedom, and Feminism.

Articles to create
 * Johanna Spector - ethnomusicologist, documentary filmmaker, and first female professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary; see Johanna Spector Archives blog documenting the materials and work of archivists processing the Johanna Spector's collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary
 * Hazel Greenwald - Hadassah board member and self-taught filmmaker
 * Mildred Miles - first director of the SUNY Buffalo Law School Library
 * Joan Bozer - Erie County legislator and activist
 * July ’64 - film
 * List of articles on film requested for creation
 * List of National Women's Week/Month honorees without pages
 * Articles to create from WikiProject Feminism

Articles to improve
 * Hannah G. Solomon - founder of National Council of Jewish Women, article needs infobox and expansion
 * National Council of Jewish Women - infobox needed
 * !Women_Art_Revolution - 2011 feminist film in need of better sources
 * Susan B. Anthony House - stub article in need of expansion
 * Kate Gleason - businesswoman and engineer from Rochester, article in need of expansion
 * Diane Greene - investor and Google board of directors member from Rochester, article in need of expansion
 * Ida Craddock - women's rights activist, article in need of expansion
 * Helen Barrett Montgomery - this page needs an infobox
 * Category:Cinema pioneers: these existing articles may need improvement, or perhaps other cinema pioneers should be added to this category.

Lists of stub articles needing expansion:
 * Stub articles on film
 * Stub articles from WikiProject Film's core list, that is, key articles on film that need improvement.
 * Stub articles on the history of photography
 * Stub articles from WikiProject Feminism

For further inspiration and editing ideas, see:
 * WikiProject Women's History
 * WikiProject Feminism
 * WikiProject_Gender_Studies
 * WikiProject Film
 * WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
 * WikiProject Photography
 * WikiProject History of Photography
 * WikiProject Entertainment Technology

Resources
Check out the following as possible sources to cite:
 * WikiProject_Film/Resources offers a list of resources related to film.
 * Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia by the Jewish Women's Archive
 * National Women's History Project Resource Center
 * Women Artist Directories
 * Directory of Open Access Journals
 * ArchiveGrid
 * Worldcat
 * Scholar & Feminist Online
 * Journal of Feminist Scholarship
 * GLAM-Wiki US portal page

Exemplary articles
These articles have been recognized as featured articles by related WikiProjects. Take a look to get a sense of how a Wikipedia article can be developed into a strong and reliable resource.
 * Film Noir
 * A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
 * Harriet Tubman

Tools and templates

 * Template:Infobox person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox

Outcomes
Add your contributions here on Friday, April 25th!


 * Added infobox to Helen Barrett Montgomery. -CR203 88 (talk) 15:36, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Expanded Susan B. Anthony House -- Djembayz (talk) 23:44, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Added infobox and improved references and formatting for Hannah G. Solomon --Lange.lea (talk) 02:02, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Added external link for Frances Scott Fitzgerald --lastreett 12:27, 27 April 2014 (UTC)